| ID | 144731 |
| Title Proper | Rethinking Italy’s shrinking place in the international arena |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Romero, Federico |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Italy’s foreign policy is still shackled by two features inherited from its modern history: an obsessive focus on rank and prestige, and a no less delusional faith in the redemptive character of the EU and other multilateral arrangements it belongs to. The ‘middle power’ foreign policy model elaborated in the 1980s had a rationale of its own but it can hardly be adapted to the globalised world, nor can it be sustained by a deteriorated economic and societal domestic fabric. Italy has to rethink its basic national interests, adapt its foreign policy tools to new concepts of relevance and influence, and focus on a long-term, concerted effort at domestic regeneration if it is to withstand the challenges of the globalised world we live in. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Spectator Vol. 51, No.1; Mar 2016: p.1-12 |
| Journal Source | International Spectator Vol: 51 No 1 |
| Key Words | Globalisation ; Middle Power ; Italian Foreign Policy |